It’s true that millennials love a good bit of nostalgic reminiscing, especially about pop culture-related childhood staples—like the “Book It” program, for example. Not only did it motivate an entire ...
Pizza Hut’s Book It! literacy program, founded in 1984, has reached more than 70 million students — and counts the radio host Charlamagne Tha God among its fans. By Sarah Bahr Sarah Bahr was a Book It ...
AND WOMEN START A NEW CHAPTER. THIS PERSON SAYS, SIMPLY PUT, READING IS MY MAIN COPING MECHANISM. VOICES OF GRATITUDE FROM THE INSIDE TO VOLUNTEERS ON THE OUTSIDE. IN MY OPINION, THERE ARE SOME OF THE ...
PROGRAM IN TONIGHT’S 5 FOR GOOD. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF HARRY POTTER. REPORTER. IT’S AN EFFORT THAT STARTED IN CAMBRIDGE. THIS IS FANTASTIC. BACK IN 1972. DURING THOSE COUNTERCULTURE YEARS, A LOT OF THE ...
Everyone knows that when you read a book, you’re rewarded with pizza. For children growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the Book It! program by Pizza Hut played a major role in learning to read. Now, ...
The first time I heard about the Common Book, I was two midterms into week six and finishing an eight-page essay. Suffice it to say, I wanted nothing to do with a novel. Unfortunately, many students ...
For more than 50 years, the Prison Book Program has been built on one simple idea: Everybody deserves the freedom to read. The Quincy-based nonprofit sends tens of thousands of free books each year to ...
As a bookish, curious kid growing up in a rural, working class area in the 90s, my life revolved around three things: my soccer team, the library, and Pizza Hut. The latter two were intrinsically ...